Land a Job

大学毕业生就业的背景、现状及对策。深入探讨了与教育相关的多个方面。首先，指出了教育投资回报率的下降现象，并讨论了教育成本及其收益的问题。在解决方案方面，提出了大学必须将教育、研究和产业结合起来，扩大实践课程，并将行业专业人士带入学术界，以及通过量身定制的人才培训方案加强与企业的合作。

Land a Job

• Background
  • Discussions on the cost of education and the returns on it.
    • The declining returns on investment in education
      • It dose not guarantee any sort of employment.
      • With various economic opportunities available,one can become financially successful even without formal education.
    • Misconceptions: Education is futile/useless/worthless.
  • College graduates are facing grim prospects of employment. (College graduates are find it difficult to land a job)
    • eg1. A person with a doctorate's degree from Zhejiang University is delivering food.
    • eg2. Overseas-returned graduates are selling hot-pot ingredients.
    • eg3. About 36,000 fewer candidates have applied to take the postgraduate exam in 2024, the first decline in numbers in years.
  • Experience and Inspiration on Improving Linguistic Connectivity along the Belt and Road.
    • to help reduce language barriers and ease cultural misunderstandings among BRI participants.
• Reasons
  • The massification of higher education
    • Significantly increased the number of C.G. ,diluting the value of college degrees.
      • More than 900 institutions in China offer English major, making it the most common degree program (yet there's a shortage of toptier talents who are proficient in Englich and have a good knowledge about the differences in Chinese and foreign approach to fields such as international relations and journalism)
  • Changes in the demands for talents due to socioeconomic development and industrial transformation.
    • As the job market becomes saturated with graduates, the scarcity of high-level talents amid a surplus of individuals with average skills has become apparent (particularly in fields such as the humanities).
• Prospects
  • The soaring demand for talent with multilingual skills and cross-cultural awareness as the Belt and Road Initiative expands its global reach, reversing the trend of declining popularity of English majors and other language programs.
  • The rollout of the BRI has helped enlarge friend circles and created more channels for colleges to conduct exchange programs with specialties such as ecommerce and cross-border trade.
• Measures
  • Universities must take measures to integrate education, research and industry, while enhancing cooperation with enterprises through tailored talent training programs.
    • Expand practical courses and bring industry professionals into academia to organize regular skill training programs.
    • Connecting with external mentors rich in experience and industry knowledge can help college students better understand industry trends and needs.
  • The authorities need to elevate vocational education's status through laws and policies.
    • The Vocational Education Law and the Education Law reinforce its role in the national education system
  • For the general public, developing a correct view of employment and career choice is key to dispelling the notion of "education being useless"
    • While realizing that a college degree is no longer a ticket to employment, college students should leverage education resources to enrich their professional knowledge and competitiveness.
    • Students, parents and society, on their part, should abandon their bias against vocational training.
      • Because vocational training offers targeted, technical and practical training which allows students to hone their skills, getting them well-paying jobs in the future.
• Some Excellent Expressions
  • This question has resurfaced due to several factors.
  • Supported by some data, this argument has gained traction because...
  • ... have prompted many to question the value of...
  • ... has fueled the ... rhetoric.
  • ... has given rise to the ... discourse.
  • The notion that ... is becoming increasingly acceptable.
  • In light of these developments, concerted efforts need to be made on multiple fronts to change the situation.
  • ... will help sb. better prepare for the job market.
  • ... greatly bolstered the confidence of ...